Who is the first football player in China?

Li Huitang (1905- 1979), the wordNo. Lu Wei, one of the eight sages of Meizhou, was born in Dakeng Village, Hong Kong in the 31st year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, and was the third son of Li Haoru, the architectural king.

Li Huitang (right), who served as the vice president of FIFA from 65438 to 0965, was named as one of the "Top Five Football Kings in the World" by an authoritative football magazine in the Federal Republic of Germany from 65438 to 0976 (the other four were Pele, Matthews, Stefano and Puskas).

Li Huitang likes football since he was a child. At the age of 6, his father sent him back to Laolou Village, Xikeng Township, Wuhua County, Meizhou City to study in a private school. After studying, he used the wide lawn in front of his house as a court and called his friends to practice his football skills. Five years later, he returned to Hong Kong, continued to train hard, and often consulted his predecessors, and made great progress in technology. At the 1922 Hong Kong Summer Camp Cup, 17-year-old Li Huitang showed his skillful football skills, which attracted the attention of football predecessors. After the game, he was absorbed as a first-class football player of South China Athletics Association. Since then, he has won the championship in the Shanghai-Hong Kong International Tournament, the First Division League and the Far East Games. Later, during his visit to Australia, he also repeatedly made meritorious military service, so he became famous in one fell swoop.

1In the autumn of 925, Li Huitang went to Shanghai. At first, he joined Lequn football team, defeated Koryo team and won the city championship. Later, he was hired as the director of the physical education department of Fudan University. 1926, the World Football Championship was held in Shanghai. With Li Huitang as the captain, the China football team beat two strong Portuguese and Scottish teams, setting a record for the China football team to beat foreign football teams in a row. In the summer of the same year, Li Huitang initiated the establishment of Lehua Football Team in Shanghai and Guangdong, and served as the chairman and captain of the team, becoming the strongest football team in Shanghai and even the whole country at that time. In the national league, Lehua team won the championship. In the "Scotto" Cup, Lehua defeated the foreign Lax team with 9 consecutive championships by 4:/kloc-0. 1927, Lehua team defeated Western Union, which was composed of strong teams from all over the world, and won the third championship of Western Union. From 65438 to 0928, Li Huitang participated in the World Cup and was named the best star. 1929, Li Huitang joined the Shanghai team and won the football championship in the National Games. Li Huitang's skillful dribbling skills and fantastic shooting skills fascinated the Shanghai audience. Every time he plays, the stadium is packed, and there is a saying that "watch Mei Lanfang at the theatre and watch Li Huitang at the ball". At that time, Li Huitang's fame spread all over the country.

From 65438 to 0930, Li Huitang returned to Hong Kong as the captain of the South China Football Team, leading the team to make frequent appearances and win every battle. For several years in a row, he won the first-class football match in Hong Kong and the sixth National Games.

1934, the 10th Far East Games was held in the Philippines, and Li Huitang was the captain of China football team. At the 9th Far East Games, Japan and China tied for the championship. The Japanese team threatened to beat China in the 9th Far East Games, while the China team, with Li Huitang as the main force, had high morale and was determined to teach this arrogant opponent a lesson. On the day of the final, the weather was particularly hot and the fighting was unprecedented. At the end of the whole game, the score was still three to three. At this time, the China team got the opportunity to take the penalty kick, and Li Huitang took the knife and hit it! Suddenly, the overseas Chinese audience cheered and thundered. The victory of this game greatly enhanced the prestige of the people of China, and Li Huitang also won the title of "Asian Ball King".

194 1 year, Li Huitang led the East China Football Team to visit Malaysia. Against Penang Military Federation, he won by 1 1: 0. He scored seven goals by himself, which shocked him into the opponent's net. On another occasion, Li Huitang was given a penalty when he led a team against a foreign team. He fired angrily and the ball flew out of the gun like a shell. After receiving the ball, the opposing goalkeeper rolled it into the net and vomited immediately, which led to the legend of Li Huitang's penalty 12 yard, which was so severe that he would kick someone to death. As a result, when Li Huitang led the team to play against the Indonesian team, the opposing goalkeeper saw that Li Huitang was about to push the ball out in front of him and left the goal, afraid to defend.

After Hongkong was occupied by Japanese in 194 1 12, Li Huitang fled back to his hometown. He has performed in Xikeng, Anliu, Hekou, Hengbei, Huacheng and other places, and led Wuhua Football Team and Hang Jian Football Team to visit Xingmei twice, which effectively promoted the development of hometown football. Since then, Meizhou has been called "the hometown of football", which is related to the vigorous promotion of Li Huitang. After the Japanese surrender, Li Huitang returned to Hong Kong from his hometown and still played for the South China football team.

1In the autumn of 947, Li Huitang led the South China football team to visit Southeast Asia and played 10 games with national football teams such as Thailand and Singapore, which was a great success. After returning to Hong Kong, Li Huitang participated in a football match between Hong Kong Hualian and Western Union. In his forties, he is still brave and scored several goals in a row. As a result, Hualian beat Western Union 4-2. This game has also become a farewell game for him to "hang up his boots".

From 65438 to 0948, Li Huitang founded the China Football Referee Committee in Hong Kong and was re-elected as its chairman for six times. Since then, his main energy has turned to coaching, writing and sports reviews on radio and newspapers.

1July 7, 979, Li Huitang died at the age of 75.

In the past 25 years, Li Huitang has traveled all over Asia, Europe and Australia. /kloc-became a first-class player at the age of 0/7 and retired at the age of 42. He scores goals in every game. He has played football for 25 years and scored more than 2000 goals. He won more than 50 honorary titles and his chest was covered with dazzling medals. His football team has won five Far East Games champions, four national champions, 26 Hong Kong champions, 1 Guangdong champions, two Indonesian champions and two Asian champions. He represented China in the Olympic Games twice, especially for the first time, from Southeast Asia to Western Europe. He won 27 battles along the way and scored 34 goals alone. 1976, in the selection activity organized by an authoritative football magazine in the Federal Republic of Germany, Li Huitang was named "the top five soccer kings in the world" together with Pele (Brazil), Matthews (Britain), Stifano (Spain) and Republika Srpska (Hungary).